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History · Moscow

Half of Moscow’s homes were built after 1953

Most of Moscow was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1953. Below: maps from 1899 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Moscow’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Moscow are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18995 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1981. Watch Moscow change.Old housesHalf of Moscow’s homes were built before 1953.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moscow’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Moscow on the map, 1899 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Moscow. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Moscow on the 1899 USGS mapMoscow on the 1904 USGS mapMoscow on the 1947 USGS mapMoscow on the 1974 USGS mapMoscow on the 1981 USGS map1899Grantsville sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Moscow.

The story so far

Moscow, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Moscow yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Moscow is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 240. Moscow is located in the Georges Creek Valley of western Allegany County, 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Frostburg and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Westernport.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 240 to 219 (-9%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Moscow, 1891 to 1918

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Moscow Mills post office opens
  3. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1918Post officeThe Moscow Mills post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Moscow Mills, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Moscow Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Moscow
Moscow Mills

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Barton1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.